darbinieks / texttojsxbin

VSCode extension to convert selected text to evaluated JSXBIN

TextToJSXBIN

Convert JSX code to JSXBIN and put in the eval. Requires ExtendScript Debugger to run.

Installation

• From VSCode application

  • Open Extensions and type TextToJSXBIN.
  • Click Install and then Reload button.

• From GitHub

  • Download repository and unzip the package.
  • Copy TextToJSXBIN-master to /Users/YOURUSER/.vscode/extensions folder.

In action

• Launch VSCode and open jsx file, or for testing just type alert("Hello World").
• Select created piece of code.
• Right click of the mouse and choose TextToJSXBIN
• Or click Cmd+R on Mac or Ctrl+R on Windows or launch Command Palette with keyboard shortcut F1 or Cmd+Shift+P and type TextToJSXBIN and click enter.
• Selected code will be converted to JSXBIN, put inside eval and original code will be commented.

Troubleshooting

The following steps are good standard troubleshooting.

• Make sure the ESTK stand-alone application is closed
• Close Visual Studio Code
• Make sure there are no VS "Code Helper" processes in the Activity Monitor (Mac) or Task Manager (Windows)
• Restart Visual Studio Code

Known issues

• None (so far)